Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-28
AFTERNOON.

NuC iTUW me L ahlp IN
respond. They know | was nor oha;. 80 " "
the school Committee. In raaa,d a. n au VI
the civ teachers, pay roll went 70 ,bo o;,s.
government with the items in if. The
i'emized account. An order would he a-.wn
vi me treasurer by the council and as ,ha
.sacher was paid he or she would amend
'neir signature. This was the me,bod for
.'en' years. My accusers do not have tho
go say that l ever misappropriated a
Gent OF money. Mr.. Rounds read the FOL
.o""g ietter from DR.. Snow, who was chair.
,nah OF the school board at the time i, w.s al
ieged That vouchers were refused;
of ra 1seo on the experimenting school comm;,,o.
man, naa associated with M. G. B. Rounds for
ehce OF opinion between the scho9l .nms;.. uineI
OF accounts for the city as to What tech
constituted an adequate voucher Of the COM
service The sch, s y, during the last of our
harmony and to meet the views of the auditnr VI
mont i, vAansed the methods Of rendering their
, vel, en-, abandoned the system Of .n.v
t tol." which had been the m., Pay
many years. and sent to the auditors
every member of the committee. There v ~. ~
corsa. vouchers and could be none The school
Rounss wa' VIM" nile. L was member with MI
A"noieo no portion of the school money
CHAs. Z. SWAN
10 satisfy the city council blanks were
procured and every bill and item set down.
every member of the committee appending
their signatures. rfAs
IL Is charged that have omitted to make .
monthly report. This has never been the
custom IN times past aud why this sudden
cnahge! The city of Calais has nothing to
10 with the matter They asked me to
make report and l said the recorder, whose
duly II was, received no fees. All they asked
was TOT this year and made it personally
from January lst up to this time, although
there was no ground for asking me.
~ was by direction of the mayor that
netd court In my Office. Only smaller case,
were heard there the larger ones in tbe Su.
preme court room. The city paid me no
rent.
In answer to the charge that kept nv
books loosely OF MT at all | will saw. When
was appointed judge it was a new court and
got the ordinary books. In 1886, there
oelng so much business procured two new
DOCKS. In one of them placed all the civil
cases also transferring the old cases to it and
lnoexlng, and in the other the criminal cases
IN the same manner. 1t has been nv con-
staht practice to enter these cases If there
Is case not entered | do not know it. l
stated to Mr.. Downs that the recorder had
the docket and did not know that he had put
certain cases down. l never told Mr.. Downs
that kept the records on siiJs of paper. |
DID tell him that kept copies Of the war
rants at my house and transferred them to
the book.
In the fish cases ! made part of the war
rants, the recorder part did not order the
recorder to go up and was sick at the time.
The matter was fnished by him and it was ia
his hands; If there was anything wrong am
sorry. | did not tell Mr.. Downs that | had
the nnes. have not received cent in
these nine cases. Half of the money went to
the Fish and Game Club l think the recorder
had trial Justices jurisdiction when he
went up there. Think he consulted the
chief justice. l told him if he took
one cent more than he ought to return it.
In the case of Elias C. Taylor, the alleged
lottery man (called Chas. C. Taylor in the
charges) l received just the legal fees and no
more. The respondent pleaded not guilty
and Mr.. Geo r. Tarbox the next day after
making thd complaint, wishing to withdraw
it. ali wed.the case to drop, Taylor paying
costs. This is no more than is done in many
of the courts. knew nothing then of the
payment by TAYLOR of anything outside the
costs. He said he would quit the business.
The Frank Todd case, where he was prose-
cuted for throwing refuse into the river, was
one of those where the complainant gets one
half the costs and the officer the other, and
the county refuses to bear the costs when
there is no conviction. The complainant,
Fish Warden French, concluded that he
could not sustain his case and it was deemed
advisable to drop the matter, the respondent
paying the costs. $2.97.
The aldermen made an examination of my
4 nnlrnt md Sbo a.
owed the city $40 in fines which | paid
them as said 1 would. However, Mr.
Murchie told me to get my pay for coal and
stationary by fines. now have bill of
about S75 against the city for these. don't
think one of these gentlemen will say that
have ever taken cent that did not belong
to me. Never dollar came to me illegally.
1t is stated that all the lawyers are opposed
TO me. Those who are against me are those
who have had no business in my court to
speak of The attorneys who support me
had seven-eights of the business in the court.
Mr. Rounds here went over his petition
and pronounced it q first class one. The
names of the six leading clergymen of Calais
were upon it, He presented letters from
County Com nissioner N. B. Mutt, Clerk of
Courts Longfellow. exCollector MUTT, Austin
Hewins, B. B. Murray and many others
strongly urging his confirmation. Petitions
from many of the towns surrounding Calais,
communication from the grand jury now in
session, asking for his confirmation, were
presented.
Mr.. Rounds thought much Of this opposition
resulted from the honest and impartial en-
forcement of the law which he had favored.
There was no notification to rumseliers when
warrants were issued by him, and apothecaries
and all were served alike. He read a
letter of Endorsement from the executive
committee of the Law and Order League of
Calais The President and Vice President
Of the League supported him. He never saw
the gentlemen opposing him in the League
meetings dozen business men have
changed their signatures from the opposition
petition to nine.
Mr.. Pirington and Archibald McNichol.
ESQ were called and testified in favor of
Mr. Rounds. The latter pronounced the
charges all bosh.
Mr.. Downs reiterated what he had said.
Mr.. Curran reviewed the charges some
what and emphasized the principal points OF
the charges. Mr.. Ronnds when he found be
was caught laved the blame off on the re-
corder or some one else. No one signed the
ne,;tion, who did not know perfectly we'll
,hat Mr.. Rounds was candidate,
The Council last evening considered the
,attar in executive session but reached no
aecis;on. Ii is understood that Councillor
summer of Washington county opposed the
confirmation of Rounds and one or two 9TH
era were with him, the remainder favorlng
the Governors appointment. Inc matter
,r;l, no settled this morning